How to install freetds in Linux?

Question

I am trying to connect to MSSQL server from Ubuntu. I have installed freetds like suggested here.

However, when I try to configure /etc/odbc.ini and enter a

Answer 1

apt-get is a really old version. to get a newer version

sudo apt-get install wget
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

# find latest version of FreeTDS ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/

wget ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/freetds-1.2.tar.gz
tar -xzf freetds-1.2.tar.gz
cd freetds-1.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-tdsver=7.3
sudo make
sudo make install